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India.
Right AVorshipful ancl esteemed Brother—At a meeting of the Native members of the Lodge Rising Star , of AVestern India , it was unanimously resolved to commemorate its foundation , ancl at the same time to mark , in some measure , their sense of gratitude to you , Right AA ' orshipful , as its founder , by striking a medal bearing on one side your effigies , and on the other a suitable inscription indicative of their object ; and 1 have been requested by them to read the said resolutionswhich
, I beg to be permitted to do , in the presence of this assembly . I need not assure you , Right AVorshipful , that however gratifying the performance of the duty with which the Brethren have entrusted me , I feel my inability to do full justice to the very earnest feelings of respect , friendship ancl regard which I am requested , to represent to you , and in which I clo most cordially participate . That your AVorship ' s attachment to the cause of Freemasonry , your
zeal for the advancement of its prosperity , and the various most valuable services which you have rendered to the Craft , are too well known to need recapitulation , whilst your worth and merits have been both appreciated and acknowledged by various bodies of the fraternity in India and Europe ; but that this additional act of yours in throwing boldly and undisguisedly open the portals of Freemasonry to the natives of India , and which it is the object of these resolutions to commemorate , will , to use the oriental expression , " render your name resplendent throughout the East , " and ever endear you to your native Brethren .
1 o these few observations I need add no more than the devoutest prayer of the native Brethren for your health and prosperity , and their request that you will kindly give your sanction to these resolutions , which I will now read , ancl in which we , the native Brethren , hope that we shall be supported by the European members of the Lodge . The resolutions then read were in these words : — " At a meeting of all the Native Brethren of the Loclge Rising Star of AA ' estern Indiaheld on the 12 th of November 1841 it was unanimously
, , resolved—1 st . That the 15 th instant being the first anniversary of the Lodge , under warrant from our Right AVorshipful Bro . James Burnes , K . H ., F . R . S ., Provincial Grand Master of AA ' estern India , the occasion seems appropriate for marking our gratitude for his having thrown open the Craft to us , and for commemorating the foundation ofthe Loclge Rising Star of AVestern India .
2 nd . That this shall be done by striking a medal bearing on one side the effigies of our saicl beloved Brother , the Provincial Grand Master , the founder of our Loclge ; ancl on the other , an inscription commemorative of its erection expressly for the reception of native gentlemen . 3 rd . That one of the medals shall be in gold , and be presented to our saicl Brother the P . G . Master , with a suitable inscription round its edge , and that he be solicited to wear it on all occasions of Masonic ceremony as a token of the love , respect and gratitude entertained towards him by his native Brethren of the Loclge Rising Star of AVestern India .
4 th . 1 hat the rest of the medals be in silver ; and with the permission of the Lodge , and under the sanction of the P . G . Master , be established henceforth as the badge of the Loclge Rising Star , to be worn by every member thereof pendant to an oriental orange-watered ribbon , and that for this purpose the Lodge be requested to accept from us the dyes . VOL . m . r
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India.
Right AVorshipful ancl esteemed Brother—At a meeting of the Native members of the Lodge Rising Star , of AVestern India , it was unanimously resolved to commemorate its foundation , ancl at the same time to mark , in some measure , their sense of gratitude to you , Right AA ' orshipful , as its founder , by striking a medal bearing on one side your effigies , and on the other a suitable inscription indicative of their object ; and 1 have been requested by them to read the said resolutionswhich
, I beg to be permitted to do , in the presence of this assembly . I need not assure you , Right AVorshipful , that however gratifying the performance of the duty with which the Brethren have entrusted me , I feel my inability to do full justice to the very earnest feelings of respect , friendship ancl regard which I am requested , to represent to you , and in which I clo most cordially participate . That your AVorship ' s attachment to the cause of Freemasonry , your
zeal for the advancement of its prosperity , and the various most valuable services which you have rendered to the Craft , are too well known to need recapitulation , whilst your worth and merits have been both appreciated and acknowledged by various bodies of the fraternity in India and Europe ; but that this additional act of yours in throwing boldly and undisguisedly open the portals of Freemasonry to the natives of India , and which it is the object of these resolutions to commemorate , will , to use the oriental expression , " render your name resplendent throughout the East , " and ever endear you to your native Brethren .
1 o these few observations I need add no more than the devoutest prayer of the native Brethren for your health and prosperity , and their request that you will kindly give your sanction to these resolutions , which I will now read , ancl in which we , the native Brethren , hope that we shall be supported by the European members of the Lodge . The resolutions then read were in these words : — " At a meeting of all the Native Brethren of the Loclge Rising Star of AA ' estern Indiaheld on the 12 th of November 1841 it was unanimously
, , resolved—1 st . That the 15 th instant being the first anniversary of the Lodge , under warrant from our Right AVorshipful Bro . James Burnes , K . H ., F . R . S ., Provincial Grand Master of AA ' estern India , the occasion seems appropriate for marking our gratitude for his having thrown open the Craft to us , and for commemorating the foundation ofthe Loclge Rising Star of AVestern India .
2 nd . That this shall be done by striking a medal bearing on one side the effigies of our saicl beloved Brother , the Provincial Grand Master , the founder of our Loclge ; ancl on the other , an inscription commemorative of its erection expressly for the reception of native gentlemen . 3 rd . That one of the medals shall be in gold , and be presented to our saicl Brother the P . G . Master , with a suitable inscription round its edge , and that he be solicited to wear it on all occasions of Masonic ceremony as a token of the love , respect and gratitude entertained towards him by his native Brethren of the Loclge Rising Star of AVestern India .
4 th . 1 hat the rest of the medals be in silver ; and with the permission of the Lodge , and under the sanction of the P . G . Master , be established henceforth as the badge of the Loclge Rising Star , to be worn by every member thereof pendant to an oriental orange-watered ribbon , and that for this purpose the Lodge be requested to accept from us the dyes . VOL . m . r